Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lu də vaʁɛn], literally Saint-Loup of Varennes) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
View from the Window at Le Gras, one of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs 
The commune is home to the world's oldest surviving image in the world, View from the Window at Le Gras. The image was first taken in 1826.
Geography
It is 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Chalon-sur-Saône.
Historical significance
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Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography, lived in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, where he died in 1833. Most or all of his photographs, including one taken in 1827 and now the oldest known surviving camera photograph, were made at Le Gras, his ancestral family estate in this village.
See also
References
- Niépce website (in French)
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
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